Things are getting again interesting in the VGA market. So now the Radeon HD4870 1 GB need to compete against the GTX260 216 which, in the latest Forceware Drivers has received a nice speed bump and AMD drivers continues not improving too much performance wise. Either AMD has a revamped HD4870 in the making or they need top begin working in their Catalyst drivers seriously.

I think, in the end, it will come to the price/performance ratio to make a decision.